WHEN the shutters were recently downed on NewsClick in early morning raids by the Delhi police, there was surprise that such a high-voltage operation was needed against a fledgling website with a limited audience.
The founder of NewsClick, Prabir Purkayastha, was taken into custody along with the HR head, Amit Chakrabarty. But also among those picked up in the six am swoop for questioning were junior staff of NewsClick and journalists working as mere contributors and editorial consultants.
NewsClick has been accused of being part of a Chinese propaganda machine. Its main investor, an American, Neville Roy Singham, an. . .
